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{'text': 'Iran says it has achieved effective deterrent power Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Saturday that Iran has achieved an amp;quoteffective deterrent power quot; to confront its enemies in the region, the official IRNA news agency reported.'}

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{'text': 'Beached whales die off Tasmania More than 100 whales and dolphins die in two separate beachings in islands off Tasmania in Australia.'}

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{'text': 'IBM, AMD Speed Chips, Strain Wafers (Reuters) Reuters - Researchers at IBM and\\Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have improved a chip-making\\technology called strained silicon, boosting semiconductor\\performance at a time when such gains are increasingly hard to\\come by, the companies said on Sunday.'}

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{'text': 'Report: Renteria OKs Deal With Red Sox All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria told The Boston Globe he has agreed to a \\$40 million, four-year contract with the Red Sox, the paper reported on its Web site Wednesday.'}

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{'text': 'Gordon Brown kicks awkward questions over touchline next May IT WAS a great kick; a wondrous kick; high and long - and executed with Eyes Wide Shut. Scotlands rugby selectors looking for an unshakeable kicker into touch while the opposing pack thunders towards him '}

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{'text': 'Feds: Anger drove Varian hacker: Disgruntled #39; ex-programmer <b>...</b> A vindictive software programmer upset about his cancelled contract snuck into Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. #39;s computer system and zapped out e-commerce coding he and others '}

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{'text': "Chinese Web Search Site Baidu Acquires Hao123 (Reuters) Reuters - Baidu.com Inc., China's biggest\\Internet search site, on Thursday said it had acquired\\Hao123.com, a popular Chinese search directory, as Baidu seeks\\to fend off global players now eyeing the Chinese market."}

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{'text': 'Soaring Fuel Costs to Spur Airline Mergers -Qantas Record high oil prices are likely to trigger a rash of airline mergers and tie-ups, accelerating a wave of consolidation in the aviation sector, the head of Australian carrier Qantas said on Wednesday.'}

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{'text': 'Trip to Olympics or Feel-Good Talk? The Answer Was a Surprise to Many Michael Weisman, producer of some of the biggest games in sports, has become the executive producer of "The Jane Pauley Show."'}

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{'text': 'Rand eyes 6.10 as dollar wilts The rand remained strong in late morning trade on Monday, having earlier touched 6.10 per dollar for the first time since July 23.'}

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{'text': "Paul Hamm Waits Out Boos, Then Wins Silver ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- For 10 minutes, the crowd booed and whistled, creating a deafening roar. Paul Hamm sat around and waited to start his routine. A week's worth of controversy in gymnastics boiled over into the stands Monday during a bizarre, extraordinary evening. Hamm was able to block out the noise and win a silver medal on high bar, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexei Nemov finished fifth, much to the chagrin of the crowd."}

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{'text': 'Day Seven preview: Athletics begins Latest updates as Denise Lewis prepares her bid for heptathlon gold.'}

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{'text': 'Oil price drops but fears remain The price of US crude oil has eased in early trade, after breaching the \\$50-a-barrel mark on Friday. Light sweet crude for November delivery fell 42 cents from Friday #39;s \\$50.'}

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{'text': 'Small Wineries Find Ally Supporters of interstate shipping of wine from producers to consumers see their cause as a contest between David and Goliath: mom-and-pop wineries and connoisseurs of the grape vs. powerful liquor wholesalers.'}

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{'text': 'Times of London Shrinks to Tabloid Format Only After 216 years as a broadsheet newspaper, The Times will become a tabloid-only publication starting on Monday. The move follows a decision 11 months ago to publish the British national '}

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{'text': 'Turkey-EU talks stall over Cyprus Intensive talks aim to end a stalemate over an EU demand that Turkey recognise Cyprus before accession.'}

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{'text': 'Apple warns about bad batteries Apple is recalling 28,000 faulty batteries for its 15-inch Powerbook G4 laptops.'}

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{'text': 'RightNow completes the suite RightNow Technologies is spreading its wings by years end with the introduction of RightNow CRM 7.0, an integrated CRM suite that builds on RightNows e-services framework. To the companys already strong customer support and marketing tools, CRM 7.0 adds an SFA application. The suite will be available in a hosted implementation or for on-premise deployment.'}

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{'text': 'Worldpay struck by online attack Internet payment system Worldpay is under attack from hackers delaying transaction times for hundreds of online retailers.'}

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{'text': "Report: 'Huge Fortune' Spent on Media Influence (Reuters) Reuters - Unions and big\\communications companies spent more than #36;1.1 billion in their\\efforts to elect lawmakers and influence the government over\\the past half-decade, according to a report released Wednesday."}

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{'text': 'Malaysian PM expresses sadness over hostage tragedy in Russia Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Saturday expressed sadness over hostage-taking tragedy in Russia that killed hundreds of innocent people.'}

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{'text': 'Indonesia Questions U.S. Mine Chief (AP) AP - Indonesian police on Tuesday summoned the American director and two other foreign staffers of a U.S.-based mining company for questioning over the alleged contamination of a bay in eastern Indonesia.'}

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{'text': 'More Flaws With Microsoft PC users might look at competitors after dealing with patches for patches.'}

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{'text': 'Caterpillar to Buy Williams Technologies Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday that its Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services unit will acquire Williams Technologies Inc., a remanufacturer of transmissions and engines, from Remy International Inc. for an undisclosed ...'}

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{'text': 'Tom Hauck/Getty Images 1. Rapper Snoop Dogg attended practice Tuesday with No. 1 USC as a guest wide receiver. The Trojans were delighted by the star #39;s presence, as were a group of pee-wee football players watching practice that day.'}

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{'text': "Sun Micro Aims to Woo Banking Customers (Reuters) Reuters - Sun Microsystems Inc. is\\staging its first press and customer event in New York on\\Tuesday in three years to roll out new products and woo\\customers in the banking industry, one of the network computer\\maker's most important markets."}

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{'text': 'UK report says Linux is \'viable\' A UK government study finds the open-source Linux operating system is a "viable" alternative to rival products.'}

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{'text': 'Mountains of Interest Add to Pain of Credit Cards Credit card companies are changing the terms of their accounts at a historically high rate, costing Americans millions of dollars in fees that they did not expect.'}

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{'text': "Nine die in Japan 'suicide pacts' Mass suicide is suspected after Japanese police find nine bodies in two groups near Tokyo."}

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{'text': "Cuban bets on vice Billionaire Mark Cuban isn't content with owning the Dallas Mavericks and running a high-definition TV broadcasting company..."}

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{'text': 'EMC quot;buy quot; NEW YORK, September 8 (New Ratings) - Analysts at First Albany maintain their quot;buy quot; rating on EMC (EMC.NYS). The target price is set to \\$13.'}

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{'text': 'Village mine poison case flaw AUSTRALIAN mining engineer Phil Turner will remain in prison, despite an Indonesian government report indicating the evidence against him is flawed.'}

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{'text': 'Hurricane Ivan Devastates Grenada MIAMI (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Ivan charged west through the Caribbean on Wednesday after killing at least four people and smashing homes in a devastating punch to the tiny spice island of Grenada and glancing blows to nearby islands.'}

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{'text': 'Greenspan warns over US deficit Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan says the US trade deficit cannot be sustained indefinitely.'}

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{'text': 'Gridlock at ports may dock retailers (USATODAY.com) USATODAY.com - This could be the year that gridlock steals Christmas.'}

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{'text': "IBM to Expand Data Centers Across World (Reuters) Reuters - IBM is expanding and adding new\\technology to 11 of its data centers in North America, Europe\\and Asia to meet growing demand and rolled out new services to\\customers, the world's largest computer company said late on\\Thursday."}

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{'text': 'At Penn State, Concerns Grow Over a Fading Football Legend Alumni, fans and some former players are asking if Coach Joe Paterno is still capable of meeting the enormous expectations of the football empire he built.'}

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{'text': 'US Trsy quot;glad to see quot; UK idea on poor country debt A US Treasury Department spokesman on Monday gave a positive, though muted, reception to a British proposal to ease the debt of heavily indebted poor countries, which was unveiled over the weekend.'}

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{'text': 'EU insists on WMD clause in accord with Syria The European Union wants to sign a trade and aid pact to ease Syria #39;s diplomatic isolation, but only on condition it agrees to renounce weapons of mass destruction, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said yesterday.'}

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{'text': 'Business Watch Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., will return to a five-day race week next year amid complaints that six days of racing each week hurt field sizes and turned off bettors.'}

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{'text': 'Florida Welcomes Urban Meyer When available, the raw script from this video story is presented below. Please note that these scripts come directly from our TV newsroom system and are not edited for web reading.'}

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{'text': "Oracle Ups Its Offer and Buys PeopleSoft for \\$10.3 Billion The world's second-largest maker of business software was created in the deal, which ended a long and hostile battle."}

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{'text': 'Global attraction All over the world, legions of otherwise productive and healthy people found themselves unable to sleep for almost two weeks. Some have been staying up in loud bars until the wee hours of the morning; parents are waking up children before dawn to engage in strange, nocturnal rituals that involve howling and dancing in the living room. Neighbors ...'}

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{'text': 'President signs American Jobs Creation Act WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush on Friday signed tax legislation that provides \\$145 billion in new tax relief to U.S. corporations over the next 10 years, including a provision giving a tax break to companies that return income to the U.S. from operations located overseas.'}

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{'text': "Sony's Smaller PS2 to Debut in U.S., Europe on Nov 1 (Reuters) Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it\\would launch a new version of its popular PlayStation 2 game\\console in the United States and Europe on Nov. 1 at a price of\\ #36;149 and 149 euros ( #36;181) respectively."}

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{'text': 'Iranian military officer reiterates quot;deterrent policy quot; An Iranian officer Sunday reiterated Iran #39;s quot;deterrent policy quot;, saying it has enabled the country to impose its position on the enemies under any condition, the official IRNA news agency reported.'}

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{'text': 'Evocative, and Steamy, Marathon Goes to Japanese Woman ATHENS, Aug. 22 The marathon was inspired by suffering, and on the day an event that is as much a test of character as a test of endurance returned to its Olympic roots, the suffering returned, too.'}

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{'text': 'Linux group pushes for greater standardisation The Free Standards Group, a US-based non-profit trade organisation, is expected to announce widespread industry support for Linux Standard Base 2.0, an effort to develop a standard version of the open source operating system.'}

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{'text': 'Europe Expected to Agree to Deal for PeopleSoft The European Commission is expected to approve Oracle #39;s \\$7.7 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft on Tuesday, with no conditions attached, a person close to the case said Monday.'}

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{'text': 'Production, housing rise while consumer prices decline Washington - The nation #39;s factories cranked out more products in July, miners dug more minerals and builders broke ground on more homes, the government said Tuesday in three reports that showed some rebound in economic activity last ...'}

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{'text': 'FBI returns seized news servers Servers seized by the FBI from the Indymedia alternative media network have been returned.'}

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{'text': 'Microsoft Plans Russian Hotmail, Network Microsoft Corporation plans to create Russian versions of its Hotmail e-mail program and Microsoft Network online service, Associated Press reports.'}

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{'text': 'Saudi to fight terrorists with prayers Saudi Arabia said Friday it has advised the nation #39;s imams they should condemn terrorism and terrorists in prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.'}

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{'text': 'Boston Scientific Will Invest In Developer of a Plastic Stent Boston Scientific announces an investment in and strategic partnership with REVA Medical, which is working on a polymer successor to todays metal stents that would be biodegradable in the body.'}

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{'text': 'UMC posts 160 surge in earnings TAIPEI United Microelectronics Corp., the world #39;s second-largest supplier of made-to-order semiconductors, said on Wednesday that its third-quarter profit rose 160 percent from a year earlier.'}

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{'text': 'Australia music industry decries Kazaa Lawyers for Australia #39;s recording industry branded the popular Kazaa file-swapping network quot;an engine of copyright piracy to a degree of magnitude never before seen quot; as '}

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{'text': 'Late Field Goal Keeps Jets Perfect Doug Brien kicked a 38-yard field goal with 58 seconds remaining to lift the Jets to a victory and move them to 4-0 for the second time in franchise history.'}

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{'text': 'Qwest to Pay \\$250 Million in Fraud Probe Qwest agreed Thursday to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that the company fraudulently booked \\$3.8 billion in revenue over nearly three years.'}

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{'text': 'The Buyout Business Has Changed, and So Has Frederic Malek A seemingly small change was recorded last week at Thayer Capital Partners, one of the Washington region\'s biggest and best known corporate buyout firms. In its marketing brochure, Frederic V. Malek changed his title to "chairman and founder" from "managing partner," the title he has held since he formed Thayer in 1993.'}

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{'text': 'Sao Caetano Defender in Critical Condition Sao Caetano defender Serginho was taken to a hospital unconscious and in critical condition after collapsing during a Brazilian championship match Wednesday.'}

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{'text': 'Sony to launch slim PS2 console in November Sony announced on Tuesday that it is planning to launch a smaller and lighter version of its popular PS2 gaming console in November.'}

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{'text': ' #39;Spam King #39; ordered to disable spyware A federal judge has ordered a man known as the quot;Spam King quot; to disable so-called spyware programs that infiltrate people #39;s computers, track their Internet use and flood them with pop-up advertising.'}

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{'text': 'Submarine Fire Survivors Tell of Blaze Horror Survivors of a fatal fire on a submarine today spoke of their experience as Canadas defence minister said he could not rule out suing the British Government.'}

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{'text': 'Santana Unanimous Pick for AL Cy Young As joyous fans celebrated by honking car horns in Caracas, Johan Santana sounded overwhelmed. He became the first Venezuelan to win a Cy Young Award, and not only that, he was a unanimous choice.'}

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{'text': "Johnson Said to Be in Talks for Heart Device Maker Johnson Johnson is in advanced negotiations to acquire Guidant, one of the nation's largest makers of devices to treat heart illnesses, for more than \\$24 billion."}

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{'text': 'Marsh McLennan to Lay Off 3,000 Marsh McLennan said today that it would lay off roughly 5 percent of its work force, as it moved to right itself after being accused of bid-rigging.'}

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{'text': 'Floyd Norris: \\$, , : Some historical perspective The dollar is down, and a lot of the developed world is worried that this could mean the end of economic recoveries. In Europe, where the euro is routinely said to be setting new record highs, governments '}

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{'text': 'NYRA Picks Chief Out of Racing Form Charles Hayward, a former top executive with The Daily Racing Form and Little Brown Publishing, was named yesterday to the top management position at the troubled New York Racing Association.'}

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{'text': 'They #39;re mum on the issues that matter most President George W. Bush indicates that democracy is just around the corner in Iraq yet daily reports say the more likely event there is a spiral downward toward civil war.'}

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{'text': 'CORRECTED-CNN producer seized in Gaza In GAZA story headlined quot;CNN producer seized by armed men in Gaza quot;, please read name in paragraph 3 as ... Ben Wedeman ... instead of ... Ben Wedemen ... and make conform throughout). By Nidal al-Mughrabi. GAZA '}

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{'text': "Colleges fear XP update will jam networks Microsoft Corp.'s decision to release a major upgrade for its flagship operating system in the same month that hundreds of thousands of students are reporting to college campuses across the nation is causing a major headache for some universities."}

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{'text': 'Faster frames for student animators Pay-as-you-go computer power could soon be helping computer animators finish films faster.'}

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{'text': "Stores Are Hoping to Do Well by Urging Shoppers to Do Good This Christmas season, Americans are the focus of a different kind of retail marketing: campaigns that appeal to people's oft-stated wish to share with the less fortunate."}

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{'text': 'CA picks SAP for ERP rollout Computer Associates International (CA) has selected SAPas its vendor for a new ERP (enterprise resource planning) system to replace a collection of homegrown accounting systems. Services firm Accenturewill assist with the implementation, CA said Wednesday.'}

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{'text': 'No-Bid Defense Contracts Common More than 40 percent of the Pentagon\'s \\$900 billion in prime contracts during the past six years have been awarded without competitive bidding, according to a Center for Public Integrity study released Wednesday. <BR>\\<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2"\\ color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>'}

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{'text': 'Street protests greet Apec summit Police and protesters clash in the Chilean capital, Santiago, ahead of a meeting of the Apec regional organisation.'}

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{'text': 'Asian Stocks Had Biggest Weekly Gain in 7 Months; Sony Rises Asian stocks had the biggest gain in seven months on optimism the US economy is growing after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and a government report showed an unexpected increase in retail sales last month.'}

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{'text': 'Ford boosts earnings outlook Detroit: The Ford Motor Company has surprised analysts by offering a brighter outlook for the third quarter and 2004 earnings, even as it announced it was swinging the axe at its luxury Jaguar division.'}

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{'text': 'Dollar Forecast Most Bearish in 18 Months, Trader Survey Says Currency traders, investors and strategists are more bearish on the dollar than at any time in the past 18 months, a Bloomberg News survey indicates.'}

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{'text': 'Insurers face massive storm bill Insurers are counting the cost of Hurricane Charley in Florida, with early damage estimates reaching as high as \\$14bn (7.6; 11bn euros).'}

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{'text': "Microsoft 'warns of Linux claims' Microsoft tells Asian leaders that they could face intellectual property rights claims if they use free Linux software, a report says."}

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{'text': 'Expense Issue Draws Mixed Views From Companies The debate over whether companies should treat stock options as an expense draws mixed reactions from Washington area businesses, some of which have a lot to lose if the accounting rule changes.'}

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{'text': 'Kenneth Bigley #39;s final TV plea THE Iraqi militants who murdered Kenneth Bigley delivered a final affront to his memory yesterday, when they released a videotape of him appealing to the Prime Minister for help moments before he was decapitated.'}

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{'text': "Fannie Mae Agrees to Sweeping Changes Fannie Mae, the nation's largest mortgage buyer, agreed to major changes in its accounting and management practices."}

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{'text': 'Op can boost size of micro-penis \\Surgeons perfect a way to build up the size of very small penises, enabling proper urination, and a full sex life.'}

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{'text': 'Auto Stocks Fall Despite Ford Outlook Despite a strong profit outlook from Ford Motor Co., shares of automotive stocks moved mostly lower Friday on concerns sales for the industry might not be as strong as previously expected.'}

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{'text': 'Not at His Best, Clemens Wins a Game 1 The Houston Astros battered the Atlanta Braves, 9-3, in Game 1 of their N.L. division series even without the best from their starting pitcher, Roger Clemens.'}

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{'text': 'Mobiles kill off more phone boxes \\Thousands of loss-making phone boxes face the axe as mobile phone use soars in the UK, says BT.'}

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{'text': 'Life will never be the same again for Monster Cable Monster Cable Products Inc. is best known for selling premium-priced speaker wires connected to the back of home entertainment systems.'}

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{'text': 'Lucchino: Renteria Deal Not in Place Yet All-Star shortstop Edgar Renteria told The Boston Globe he has agreed to a \\$40 million, four-year contract with the Red Sox, the paper reported on its Web site Wednesday.'}

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{'text': 'Lumber rises on Florida #39;s need to rebuild VANCOUVER -- An already buoyant lumber market is getting a psychological boost from the combined impact of hurricane Charley and reports of surprisingly strong US housing construction activity. '}

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{'text': 'Tesco Joins Ranks of RFID-Enabled Retailers (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - British supermarket conglomerate Tesco (Nasdaq: TESOF) has announced it will extend its use \\of RFID across its supply chain in time for the Christmas rush.'}

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{'text': 'Notre Dame Fires Football Coach Notre Dame fired Tyrone Willingham as its football coach today after a 6-5 season that culminated with a 41-10 loss to top-ranked Southern Cal on Saturday night.'}

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{'text': 'NTT faces Softbank challenge TOKYO Softbank said on Monday that it would offer a cut-rate phone service in Japan, a move that could undermine Nippon Telegraph Telephone #39;s position as the dominant player in the country #39;s fixed-line market.'}

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{'text': 'Geographic Photographer Dies in Amazon Plane Crash Freelance photographer Nicolas Reynard died yesterday. The seaplane in which he was traveling crashed in the Negro River near Manaus in northern Brazil.'}

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{'text': 'Microsoft to Pay \\$536 Million to Novell to Settle Antitrust Dispute Microsoft agreed to settle antitrust lawsuits with Novell and an industry trade group, marking the end of a decade-long antitrust battle.'}

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{'text': 'World voices shock World leaders expressed horror yesterday over the bloody climax of Russia #39;s hostage crisis yesterday, saying the barbaric attack on school children showed terrorists have sunk to new lows.'}

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{'text': 'Martin defends record in year-end interviews Prime Minister Paul Martin was eager to touch on a number of issues, from missile defence to taxes to same-sex marriage, when he sat down for his annual year-end interview on Tuesday.'}

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{'text': 'Mladin Release From Road Atlanta Australia #39;s Mat Mladin completed a winning double at the penultimate round of this year #39;s American AMA Chevrolet Superbike Championship after taking '}

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{'text': "Jones Fails to Win Medal in Long Jump or Relay ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A botched relay handoff doomed Marion Jones' chances of winning even a single medal at the Athens Olympics, a disastrous ending to her summer of turmoil and disappointment. Hoping to win a pair of golds Friday, Jones was shut out instead. An hour after she finished fifth in the long jump, Jones was unable to make the handoff in the 400-meter relay when Lauryn Williams left too early."}

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